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The speaker of this poem states “You are not the same people who left that station” in a section that repeatedly advises, “fare forward.” This poem’s final section begins with a list of actions that make up “features of the press” such as “to explore the womb, or tomb, or dreams” and “to communicate with Mars.” The idea that “the future is a faded song” is contemplated by this poem’s speaker who “sometimes wonder[s] if that is what (*) Krishna meant.” This poem ends with the speaker wondering “if our temporal reversion” will nourish “the life of significant soil.” This poem, titled for a rock formation off the coast of Cape Ann, (10[1])Massachusetts, (10[1])opens with the speaker stating,“I do not know much about gods; but I think that the river is a strong brown god.” For 10 points, name this third poem of the Four Quartets (-5[1])by T. S. Eliot which appears between “East Coker” and “Little Gidding.” ■END■ (0[3])

ANSWER: “The Dry Salvages
<Literature - American Literature - Poetry>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit11010
Tony ChenSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers11110
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfereas rational as the square root of two power bottoms144-5
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha1570
Joey SunModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken1570
Maude-Sophie Lockmanas rational as the square root of two power bottomsShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere1570

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